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MEDIA RELEASE: Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer’s move to prevent ‘double-dipping’ by casual employees misses the point of a landmark federal court ruling finding that employers were unl

Tradesmen at Hitachi in the NSW Hunter Valley have voted down a substandard agreement proposed by the company as they stand firm in their fight to be recognised as mineworkers.

BHP’s announcement it will directly employ 350 workers in two of its Bowen Basin coal mines shows that it sees the writing on the wall

We are aware that WorkPac employees are being treated to regular correspondence from the boss of the company, Phil Smart.

MEDIA RELEASE: A federal parliamentary committee has called for government action to stem rampant casualisation of full-time mining jobs in order to improve the industry’s social and economic retur

Mining companies' preference for employing workers through labour hire companies is hurting the regional communities that depend on jobs flowing from the mining sector. 

In November 2010 an explosion at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand tragically killed 29 mineworkers.

Labor’s package of just transition measures for the coal-fired power generation industry would give affected workers and communities the support they need to successfully navigate inevitable struct

CFMEU members at Hitachi in the NSW Hunter Valley have brought their fight for coal mining industry conditions to the company’s head office in Sydney, with over 40 tradesmen setting up a picket out

Applications for the 2019 Mineworkers' Trust Scholarship awards are now open.

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